Tinsley Ellis gives listeners a tour of his life through breathtaking blues riffs
November 21, 2019 BY TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER B.B. King reached down as if from his perch as the king of the blues to bestow upon a little white kid from Georgia with a love of the blues. “Ever since then,” said Tinsley Ellis, blues man lifer,...
Short Takes: Music Notes
November 21, 2019 BY TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Best not pout or cry, particularly as a sleigh full of Christmas shows abound as coming soon to Bristol. In the course of the next month, those who seek holy jolly shows will find them in abundance....
Paramount Bristol presents An Appalachian Christmas
November 19, 2019 SUZANNE RHODES For Mark O’Connor, performing “An Appalachian Christmas” with his band at Paramount Bristol on Dec. 1 means coming full circle. “It was this beautiful roots’ music I grew up learning and being inspired by,” said the Seattle native and...
Bluff City native actor Jeremy Ray Taylor returns to the Tri-Cities
October 26, 2019 Actor Jeremy Ray Taylor returns to the Tri-Cities BRISTOL, Tenn (WJHL)- A new song and a new mission for Bluff City’sJeremy Ray Taylorat Friday night’s SHOWTIME at the Paramount in Bristol. “This is kind of a way to just support the local theaters...
Chris Knight makes Paramount debut
October 24, 2019 BY TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Somewhere between the dark and the dawn, struggle and survival breathe the lyrics from and the voice of Chris Knight. A beacon in times hard and not, Knight makes his Paramount Center for the Arts...
Short Takes: Music Notes
October 18, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Tickets are on sale now for Mike Farris Sings! The Soul of Christmas. Slated to jingle the bells at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol, Tennessee, on Friday, Dec. 6, tickets start at $22 and...
Short Takes: Joanne Shaw Taylor
October 17, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Joanne Shaw Taylor At the wee age of 16 Joanne Shaw Taylor caught the ear of The Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart. She’s a guitar slinger. Have six strings, will travel, Taylor makes her Bristol debut on Friday,...
The John Pizzarelli Trio
October 10, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER March 17 marked the 100th birthday of silken-voiced Nat King Cole. Alas, he died of cancer at age 45. World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli heralds the 100th birthday of Mr. Unforgettable on...
Short Takes: Lorrie Morgan
October 03, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Lorrie Morgan Give wide berth to major country music lineage en route to the Birthplace of Country Music. Presenting: Lorrie Morgan. Her guest? Hers and the late Keith Whitley’s son, Jesse Keith Whitley....
Come celebrate American Women Composers at the Paramount Center
September 26, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND The Paramount Chamber Players We know Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. They’re comparable to chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry — instantly recognizable from the vast enclaves of classical music. But what of Beach, Price and Holler?...